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|Ray Allen: 'We've been less than ourselves' without Kendrick Perkins
|01.25.11 at 11:49 pm ET
Following Kendrick Perkins' early return to the Celtics lineup, just about everybody was asked about the team's 26-year-old center, and Ray Allen — dressed in a Shaft-like leather jacket and a sweater that went up to his nose — was no different.
"We've kind of been less than ourselves over the last three or fourth months, just waiting," said Allen of Perkins' absence this season. "We've had great success with the guys we've been using, but we haven't had the lineup that's been consistent here over the last three and a half years, when we've been successful and won some big games, including the championship. So, it's great to see him back out on the floor, and it just makes us that much stronger."
The vibe in the Celtics locker room felt different after the team disposed of the Cavaliers, 112-95, and it's because, like Jerry Maguire, Perkins completes them.
"When he went down, obviously eyes around the world were on him," added Allen. "Everybody felt a little sympathy for us, because we weren't whole. Him coming back has a great symbolism to it, because we know what we're trying to get back to."
Perkins' return was a reminder of how close the Celtics came to winning another NBA title last season before he went down with his ACL injury in Game 6 of the finals, especially considering his six rebounds in 17 minutes on Tuesday night.
And before the C's get back to where they want to go, they'll have another reminder of that Game 7 loss when they visit the Staples Center for the first time since to take on the Lakers on Sunday afternoon. But Allen's blocking that from his memory.
"I'd like that to sneak up on me," he said, "and just not think about it."
|What makes Ray Allen a 3-point shooting machine? Here's a video clue
|01.24.11 at 6:02 pm ET
WALTHAM — There's a reason Ray Allen is regarded as one of the best pure shooters in NBA history: Practice, and lots of it.
Allen's regiment for shooting nearly matches the same for his conditioning. Allen will spend 45 minutes or longer following practice, just practicing catching and shooting from long range. He'll usually shoot from both baselines, both wings and from the top of the key. (In the video, he is taking passes from Celtics assistant coach Tyronn Lue.)
Allen enters Tuesday night's game vs. Cleveland needing just 24 3-pointers to pass Reggie Miller (2,560) for first on the all-time list.
He is on pace for 180 this season, which would match his total in 2008, his first season in Boston. Now in his 15th season, Allen has led the NBA in 3-pointers three times in his career, each time passing the 200-mark for a season.
Allen set the all-time single-season NBA record for 3's in a season when he drained 269 of them in 2005-06 with Seattle, two more than Dennis Scott with the Magic 10 years earlier.
This year, Allen is fifth in both 3-pointers made at 93 through 43 games and 3-point percentage at .452.
|No passing fancy: C's determined to show NBA 'what basketball is like'
|01.22.11 at 11:35 am ET
In a stat sheet filled with superlatives, the thing that shone for the Celtics like a neon sign could be found several columns over and several rows deep.
The Celtics had 31 assists on 37 baskets in Friday's 110-86 dismantling of the Jazz at TD Garden to improve to an Eastern Conference-best 33-9. The most impressive part of the performance was that it wasn't all Rajon Rondo. Yes, the Celtics point guard led the way with 12 dimes, but Marquis Daniels had six, Ray Allen had four and Kevin Garnett had three. Of the 11 players who dressed, only Paul Pierce and Semih Erden failed to register at least one helper.
From the opening tip, the Celtics were determined to spread the wealth. Shaquille O'Neal drew people to him in the paint as he usually does then found Pierce to his left on a cut to the basket for a lay-up 35 seconds in. The Celtics were off to the races.
That would be the first of 31 times one Celtic teammate found another for a field goal.
"It's just a product of our work," Pierce said. "Everyday we come in here and that's what we work on. We work on making the passes, running our offense. Believing in one another, not caring who gets the credit. When you have a selfless group like this, that's what happens.'
The Jazz did their best early to keep up but as a team built on strength and power, the Celtics seemed determined to take advantage of that. Let KG explain:
"Typical stuff. We know a lot of the offense goes through their bigs," Garnett began. "They lay a lot of high post, lot of movement. Everybody knows Jerry Sloan's system, he has been here for 30 years, 25-plus years. They are a physical team. We knew that we had to come out and not only meet their bigs' physicality, but to be aggressive ourselves.
"I thought for the most part, we moved the ball. The things we worked on in practice the other day definitely showed and good showing by us. I liked the way we were forceful, physical. I thought we were firm. Again we moved the ball, everything we worked on and everything we have practiced up until this point was exemplified tonight.'
Utah Hall of Fame coach Jerry Sloan pushed every button he could but the Celtics were too much for his team, which came in tied for first with Oklahoma City in the Northwest Division.
'Well they showed us what basketball is like tonight," Sloan said. "They came out and they played a terrific game, they took us out of our offense, we couldn't do anything of what we were trying to do. I thought they were terrific passing the ball, and they made us turn the ball over way too many times, 21 turnovers for 26 points, it's tough to beat anybody when you have that happen.
"But give them credit for how they came out and got after us. They were good in their offense getting the kind of shots they wanted and the kind that they can make. Doc was pretty generous not keeping his players out there, letting us breathe a little bit I guess.'
|Ray Allen never thinks about the misses, neither do Doc Rivers or his teammates
|01.19.11 at 11:38 pm ET
Ray Allen is a future hall-of-famer so when shots aren't falling he doesn't panic. After drilling the game-winning jumper with 24.5 seconds remaining in an 86-82 win over the Pistons, he said that approach helped him again Wednesday night when he missed two fourth-quarter free throws and was just 1-for-7 before hitting the decisive jumper.
With 31.8 seconds remaining, Rajon Rondo grabbed a loose-ball rebound and Doc Rivers called timeout. He drew up a play that had Allen coming off a screen and Paul Pierce, with a game-high 22 points – available as a second-option.
"It was more than him as the option," Rivers said. "He was the first option on the play. And then Paul was the second, on the flare. Ray just makes shots, you know? He's one of those guys, he can go 0-for-10; you know the one guy that believes he's going to make it is Ray. And the second group is our team. When we drew it up, you could tell, they thought it would work and they went with it. It was great.'
"I wasn't surprised," Allen said of being given another chance on a pass from Rondo. "Anytime the situation comes down to the end of the game, we've been in these situations enough to know that it's going to be either me, Paul [Pierce], Kevin [Garnett] or Rondo if he gets in the gaps.
"If he didn't throw it to me, it would've went somewhere else and somebody would've been able to make the shot. I've said this before, I wasn't shooting the ball particularly well and I didn't really think I had a great rhythm but I always think the next one is going to go in. So, I was never worried about it."
The second-most prolific 3-point shooter in NBA history, Allen also wasn't worried about missing all four of his 3-point shots on the night before getting a chance to drill the game-winner – which ironically was ruled a trey before officials reviewed it during a timeout and changed it to a two-pointer.
"It wasn't odd at all because I was kind of replaying in my mind the shots I had tonight," Allen said. "Early, I had two threes and one of them was a '911' shot trying to beat the buzzer. Offensively, we weren't in a great rhythm , a bad rhythm overall for the team and that translated into how we were playing."
If Allen had no hesitation about taking the shot, Rivers certainly didn't. 'Not with Ray," Rivers answered without any hesitation. "No, No. Ray is a shooter. Shooters make shots. So, no.'
|Fast Break: Celtics not pretty, but squeak by Pistons
|at 10:13 pm ET
Well, that was just about the ugliest game of basketball the Celtics have played this season. Or at least one of them. But the Celtics prevailed against the Pistons at the TD Garden, 86-82, thanks to a Ray Allen (who else?) jump shot that gave the C's the lead in the final minute.
Paul Pierce led the Celtics (32-9) with 22 points, while Shaquille O'Neal chipped in with a double-double (12 points, 12 rebounds) in an ugly victory that saw the C's shoot 44.7 percent from the field. Rodney Stuckey (15 points) led five players in double figures for the Pistons, who fell to 15-27.
Even when he's poor, he's money: Through 47-plus minutes of basketball — about 37 of which he was on the floor — Allen was just 1-of-7 from the field, but that doesn't bother great shooters. And Allen is a great one. No doubt about it. Coming off a screen, he nailed a 23-foot jumper with 24.5 seconds remaining that gave the Celtics the lead for good. The shot was originally ruled a 3-pointer but rescinded upon replay.
Shaq provides diesel fuel: Of all the Celtics to show the most determination, it was 38-year-old Shaquille O'Neal — the oldest player in the league. On back-to-back plays, O'Neal chased an offensive rebound and got to the foul line on one end, and then blocked a Rodney Stuckey shot before chasing it into the stands on the other end. He finished with 12 points and 12 rebounds in 25 minutes of hustle-filled basketball.
Big Baby being Big Baby: With the Celtics trailing 56-50 midway through the third quarter, Glen Davis drew his 27,653rd charge of the season, or at least it seemed that way. Settling back into his Sixth Man role with Garnett returning to the starting lineup, Davis put together a typically efficient night off the bench: 11 points, six rebounds and three assists in 24 minutes.
Celtics play "hero ball" in the first half: Where was the passing that had made the Celtics the No. 1 passing team in the NBA? The team's two leading assist distributors — Rajon Rondo and Pierce — had just three assists at the half (they finished with 11 combined). Meanwhile, Tracy McGrady had six assists himself running the show for the Pistons in the opening 24 minutes (he finished with just seven). The Celtics looked sluggish in the opening half, hoping perhaps that the talent gap alone would carry them past the Pistons. It did, eventually.
Boston becomes brick city: Fans have become accustomed to 50 percent shooting nights from the field from the Celtics — not to mention a few 60 percent shooting nights — but the Celtics shot just 44.7 percent, and most of the night it was worst than that. Not to mention the 14-for-25 effort fromt the free-throw line. For the season, the Pistons had been allowing opponents to shoot 48.0 percent (27th out of 30 teams) from the field.
Charlie Villanueva played Kevin Garnett tough: Ever since the whole "cancer patient" vs. "cancer to your team" ordeal between Villanueva and Garnett, the former had the edge over the latter. Their last meeting wasn't really fair, since that's when Garnett went down with his strained calf, but there weren't any excuses for Wednesday night.
For the large majority of the night, until the final minutes, Villanueva had the edge. He finished with 11 points and eight boards. More spirited play from Garnett down the stretch gave him 11 points (on 5-of-14 shooting) and six boards on the night.
|NBA will rescind Rajon Rondo assist
|01.18.11 at 2:20 pm ET
It's no secret that stat inflation goes on in every NBA game, but how about getting credited for an assist on as pass you didn't even make? That was the case Monday night in the Celtics 109-106 win over the Orlando Magic when Rajon Rondo was given an assist on a play that ended with Shaquille O'Neal scoring on a pass from Ray Allen.
This was first caught by Sham Sports, an invaluable NBA site, and given some more exposure by Zach Lowe, from the Sports Illustrated NBA blog, The Point Forward. The league emailed Lowe and told him the assist will be changed.
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|Irish Coffee: Ray Allen's 'holy land'
|at 11:14 am ET
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Ray Allen may be closing in on Reggie Miller's all-time 3-point record, but there's another elusive goal the Celtics shooting guard has in mind: The NBA's holy trinity of shooting.
It's what all professional shooters strive for — 50 percent from the field, 40 percent from 3-point range and 90 percent from the free-throw line — but it's eluded Allen throughout his previous 14 seasons in the league.
"I looked at my percentages, and the one thing I can't control is how many points I score, but I can control how efficient I am," said Allen after his two late 3-pointers helped bury the Magic on Monday night. "The holy land of shooting is 50, 40 and 90. That's been something I've aimed for my whole career."
Currently, Allen is shooting career highs of 51.7 percent from the field and 47.8 percent from 3-point land, but his free-throw shooting sits at 88.3 percent. Imagine that, the NBA's No. 5 free-throw shooter of all-time actually needs to improve his free-throw shooting. It's nowhere near out of the realm of possibility, as Allen has shot 90 percent from the charity stripe nine times in his career, including the previous five seasons.
To qualify for the 50-40-90 club, a player must make at least 300 field goals, 55 3-pointers and 125 free throws. Only five players in the history of the league have qualified: Steve Nash (four times), Larry Bird (twice), Mark Price, Dirk Nowitzki and Reggie Miller. Interestingly enough, both Allen and Paul Pierce (51.4 FG%, 40.6 3P% & 86.1 FT&) could join that club by the end of the season.
Of course, Allen is also chasing Miller's all-time 3-point record. He's just 28 away from surpassing the retired Pacer's 2,560 career 3-pointers. Miller was part of the TNT crew that broadcasted Monday night's Celtics game at TD Garden, and Allen admitted he may have given him a look after one of his three treys on the night. The two began a friendship when Allen tried to recruit Miller to come out of retirement and play for the Celtics in 2008.
"He always has great things to say," said Allen of Miller. "He's been such a great mentor. He's never been envious or showed animosity towards me because I'm potentially going to break his record. It's a great lesson for me to learn as a young guy compared to him, and me passing along the things I know to the young guys who come after me."
Because of the "$3 for 3s" program that Allen's mother, Flora, started on behalf of her son, Allen has been able to pay particular attention to his chase for the record. The initiative asks people to pledge $3 to the Joslin Diabetes Center's High Hopes Fund for every 3-point shot he makes this season. His stepfather is always reminding him, too, because he's counting down to the record every morning on his chalkboard at Cheshire High School.
It's fun for Allen to discuss with his family and friends off the court, but not on the court with his teammates.
"Once we get in the locker room, it's all business," said Allen. "I don't want to be that guy who's running around the court trying to shoot a shoot a 3-pointer all day long. I don't want to be thirsty from behind the 3-point line, so I just make sure I play the game that I've always played."
Only slightly more efficiently.
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney may have the ability to swindle Ohio voters simply through the voting machine.
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The new report said that investments in these types of companies appear to be a common occurrence.
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Published: Monday, March 3, 2008 at 7:40 p.m.
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Defensive coordinator John Hendrick, who arrived at SCSU following a five-year stint as Benedict head football coach, has been hired as the new defensive tackles coach at South Florida. The University of Pittsburgh graduate, who was a former All-Big East Defensive Lineman, joins a fledgling Football Bowl Subdivision program which made great strides last season in reaching as high as number two in the Bowl Championship Series rankings.
The move also reunites Hendrick with South Florida head coach Jim Leavitt, whom he worked with for two seasons at Kansas State in 1991-92. Hired to replace Tom Evangelista last March, Hendrick led a group which ranked second in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference in points allowed (19.6 points per game) and total defense. Previously, he was a defensive assistant at a Mississippi State which led the nation in total defense in the mid-1990s.
"Sometimes when you hire these guys, really good guys, theyre really in demand," SCSU head football coach Oliver "Buddy" Pough said. "When these Football Bowl Subdivision schools come after you and they really want you, they really make an offer you sometimes cant refuse. I think John enjoyed his time here, but they just made him an offer he couldnt refuse."
Hendricks departure creates a third vacancy on Poughs coaching staff. He declined to renew quarterbacks coach Jonathan Prys contract following the season and wide receivers coach Tony Elliott accepted an offer to coach at Furman University two weeks ago.
Pough said he hopes to fill those vacancies in time for the start of spring practice March 24 and is not worried about the potential of losing them down the road.
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Emily Blunt and John Krasinski have welcomed a second daughter.
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Blunt and Krasinski's first child, Hazel, was born in 2014.
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PJ determines which employee is more valuable, Part-Timer vs Full-Timer
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These are paid days off that the majority of CA workers qualify for under the law.
You can accrue as much as 6 weeks paid vacation and 2 weeks paid sick days but normally accrue 2 weeks of vaca and 1 week of sick days per year.
10 paid holidays
1 paid spirit day
1 week "sick" days per year
3 paid bereavement days
All women in the state qualify for 6 weeks paid maternity leave each year and many companies are now offering similar plans for men.
So let's be conservative and add up all the possible hours missed for a qualifying FT employee in a single year of employment (not counting accrued numbers- which would make the paid time off MUCH higher).
80 hours----- 10 paid holidays
80 hours----- 2 weeks paid vacations
8 hours ----- 1 spirit day
40 hours ---- 1 week paid sick days
24 hours ----- 3 paid bereavement days
240 hours ----6 weeks paid paternity / maternity days
Full-Timer would work 2080 hours a year if they took no days off but if you subtract the number of qualifying paid time off above:
1608 total hours worked
Part-Timer can legally work 1560 hours per year without receiving a single benefit from above list!
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LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — The Cowboys edged the Redskins in the NFL Monday Night game 19-16. Dallas won the game on a 54-yard field goal with nine seconds left by Dan Bailey. The win keeps the Cowboys alive in the NFC East despite having a record of just 4-8, while the three teams tied for first, the Redskins, Giants and Eagles, are all 5-7.
NEW YORK (AP) — The finalists for the Heisman Trophy were announced yesterday. The trio features Alabama running back Derrick Henry, Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson and Stanford's Christian McCaffrey. The Heisman will be awarded Saturday night in New York.
UNDATED (AP) — The AP men's and women's Top-25 basketball polls were released yesterday. Remaining No. 1 in the women's poll is Connecticut while Michigan State is now the top team in the men's poll. This is the first time since the 2013-14 season that MSU has been No. 1 for the men.
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NEW YORK (AP) — There's a doubleheader in Madison Square Garden tonight featuring three-ranked teams from the men's AP basketball poll. In the second-half of the twin bill, 10th-ranked Virginia is facing No. 14 West Virginia, while in the first-game in the big city, sixth-ranked Maryland is playing Connecticut.


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Conceived and designed the experiments: JM BSRA TE TP OS MZ. Performed the experiments: JM BSRA KAD MH IYK CLS PS OS DS MZ. Analyzed the data: JM BSRA KAD MH IYK PS DS. Wrote the paper: JM BSRA TE OS MZ. Designed, constructed or tested the camera and tracking system: JM BSRA RTB TE KAD CLF KG MH IYK TPK QL PS OS DS MZ. Revised manuscript: JM BSRA RTB KAD TE CLF KG MH IYK TPK QL CLS TP PS OS DS MZ.
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a widely used method for non-invasive study of the structure and function of the human brain. Increasing magnetic field strengths enable higher resolution imaging; however, long scan times and high motion sensitivity mean that image quality is often limited by the involuntary motion of the subject. Prospective motion correction is a technique that addresses this problem by tracking head motion and continuously updating the imaging pulse sequence, locking the imaging volume position and orientation relative to the moving brain. The accuracy and precision of current MR-compatible tracking systems and navigator methods allows the quantification and correction of large-scale motion, but not the correction of very small involuntary movements in six degrees of freedom. In this work, we present an MR-compatible tracking system comprising a single camera and a single 15 mm marker that provides tracking precision in the order of 10 m and 0.01 degrees. We show preliminary results, which indicate that when used for prospective motion correction, the system enables improvement in image quality at both 3 T and 7 T, even in experienced and cooperative subjects trained to remain motionless during imaging. We also report direct observation and quantification of the mechanical ballistocardiogram (BCG) during simultaneous MR imaging. This is particularly apparent in the head-feet direction, with a peak-to-peak displacement of 140 m.
Magnetic resonance imaging has become an indispensable tool for imaging of the human brain, both in patients for clinical diagnosis and in healthy volunteers for research purposes. There is a general trend to higher magnetic field strengths, which improves the image signal-to-noise ratio and therefore allows higher nominal resolution [1]. However, with higher resolution imaging, the requirement for patients or subjects to remain motionless increases. This problem worsens with the longer scan durations required to achieve the highest resolutions. The result is that motion often limits the effective resolution. Large motion is typically observed in the youngest and oldest patients, rendering the images non-diagnostic. However, even in cooperative volunteers, image quality can be degraded by small involuntary motion, such as that due to breathing, swallowing or the cardiac cycle.
Traditional means of preventing motion artifacts have major disadvantages. Sedation is expensive, not entirely effective, invasive, and unacceptable for research. Restraints are also not entirely effective and may increase the patient's feeling of claustrophobia. Self-navigating methods, such as PROPELLER (Periodically Rotated Overlapping ParallEL Lines with Enhanced Reconstruction) [2], are popular, but are specific to particular imaging sequences and often increase scan times. A promising alternative is prospective motion correction [3]–[7]. Head motion is tracked in six degrees of freedom (DOF) and the scanner pulse sequence is adjusted in real time, so that the imaging volume follows the head motion. Ideally, tracking should be performed independently from the MR scanning process, since no extra scan time is then needed to obtain position information, and the magnetization is unaltered [3]. Prospective motion correction has several advantages over retrospective techniques: it can be applied to most common pulse sequences; it ensures that the object remains in the field of view; adequate and homogeneous sampling of k-space is maintained; and it prevents spin history effects [8]. The method is able to correct for large-scale movements of several millimeters/degrees or more [3].
Prospective motion correction has obvious potential for routine clinical imaging, where patients may have difficulty remaining still, and this is the likely application of promising new methods, such as PROMO (PROspective MOtion correction) [6]. We hypothesize that the same general technique could also be applied in high-resolution imaging of cooperative subjects to improve the effective resolution. Existing prospective motion correction implementations, however, are limited by the ability to measure head motion with sufficient accuracy, precision, and speed. Previous work has indicated that tracking precision must be several times better than the desired image resolution, or artifacts will result from the 'pseudo motion' introduced by the tracking noise [9].
The goal of this work was to develop an optical tracking system to allow the correction of very small motion at a range of commonly used field strengths. For this purpose, we have further developed a system originally conceived for motion capture in biomechanics. The system, which we call moiré phase tracking (MPT), uses a passive marker that generates moiré patterns to quantify out-of-plane rotations from a single image [10], [11]. The MPT marker consists of three layers, constructed by printing planar gratings of different spatial frequencies on either side of a transparent substrate. The layers generate moiré patterns, and the phase of these patterns depends on the marker orientation. The phase, and hence the through-plane orientation of the marker, is computed using a curve fitting algorithm. The other four parameters required to define the pose in six degrees of freedom (DOF) are determined using conventional photogrammetric techniques. The marker is backed with a retroreflective material to reduce the lighting requirements of the camera and lighting unit (CLU).
An early version of the MPT system was previously applied to prospective motion correction in MRI, but this system was not fully MR compatible. The camera had to be placed outside the scanner bore at 2 to 5 m from the marker (depending on the MR scanner used), which prevented high-precision tracking [12]. In addition to the camera unit, an external mirror was required to allow a view of the marker, which is impractical for daily use. In this work, we report technical developments that enable the system to be used as a high-precision head tracking tool in MRI. This includes a reduction in the marker size, computational improvements that enable higher frame rates in real time, and importantly, the development of an in-bore MR-compatible camera and lighting unit with properties suitable for photogrammetry. We tested the function and MR compatibility of the system at three common field strengths (1.5 T, 3 T and 7 T) and applied in vivo prospective motion correction using the CLU.
The MPT system comprises a planar tracking marker, a single camera, and software to process the camera images to compute pose (position and orientation) in six degrees of freedom. The design and construction of each these components are described in Materials and Methods. Figure 1A shows the MPT marker. Translations and in-plane rotations are calculated using conventional computer vision techniques; out-of-plane rotations are computed using the moiré patterns generated by parallel lines printed on opposite sides of a transparent sheet (see Video S1). The marker is then attached to the forehead of the subject (as shown) using medical-grade tape or attached to a custom-made mouthpiece for more rigid coupling to the skull. The camera and lighting unit (Fig. 1B) contains a light-emitting diode, which illuminates the MPT marker. The CLU is attached inside the scanner bore using adhesive strips, allowing a direct line of sight to the marker (shown here in a 3 T Siemens Trio). The depth of field for tracking purposes is around 60 cm.
Results of RF-compatibility tests (sweeping the entire receive bandwidth for each MR system under test) showed that CLU increases total background RF noise by 0.1% at 3 T and 7 T and 1.1% at 1.5 T, which, although statistically significant in all cases (p<0.05), is negligible from a practical point of view. No structured noise was apparent at 3 T and 7 T, indicating no narrowband interference at any frequency in the MR receive range. At 1.5 T, some narrowband interference was detected; however, this effect is not strong enough to be visibly apparent in any in vivo or phantom images acquired to date. The CLU slightly affects magnetic field (B0) homogeneity, although this effect can be largely corrected by reshimming (Fig. 1C). No camera-related artifacts were visible in any of the MR images obtained while using the system.
In the following, precision and accuracy of the tracking system are specified using a coordinate system defined by the gradient fields of the MR scanner. We refer to the patient left-right axis for a patient lying supine as x, the vertical axis as y, and the axis that runs in the direction of the scanner bore as z. With the camera attached to the top of the magnet bore, as shown in Fig. 1B, the y axis then corresponds to through-plane motion of the marker, and is the direction of the lowest precision and accuracy. Precision, as defined by the standard deviation of tracking noise for a stationary marker during MR imaging, is 1 m, 12 m and 1 m in the scanner x, y and z directions, respectively, and better than 0.01° in all three rotations. Drifts are negligible (<1 m/minute, <0.005 degrees/minute) if the CLU is powered on for more than 80 minutes, so as to maintain a constant temperature. Tracking accuracy, measured using a rotary table outside of the scanner, but with comparable camera-marker geometry and a motion range of 360° in plane and through-plane tilts of up to 49°, is 0.7 m, 106 m and 0.7 m in the scanner x, y and z directions, respectively, and better than 0.07° in all three rotations (one standard deviation).
Imaging results obtained at 1.5 T using a gradient echo sequence are shown in Fig. 2. In the case of no deliberate motion (Fig. 2A), there is no visible difference in image quality with or without correction. Results with deliberate motion, however, demonstrate that the method can improve image quality at this field strength in cases of larger motion (Fig. 2B). Motion plots quantifying the motion that occurred in each case were similar (about 8° and 25 mm for Fig. 2B) and are given in Fig. S1.
Figure 3 shows results at 3 T using a turbo spin echo (TSE) sequence (0.3 mm in-plane resolution) with a subject with no intentional motion. Both a reduction in ghosting artifacts and an improvement in visibility of fine structures are apparent. In this example, the MPT marker was attached to the skin, as shown in Fig. 1.
Figure 4 shows results at 7 T (MP-RAGE sequence). Image quality is visibly improved when prospective correction is used. The tracking data indicate that the subject, although well trained, inadvertently moved his head by several millimeters/degrees during both 14-minute scans. In our experience, this gradual drift in pose is typical with such long scan durations. Additionally, some large transient spikes are visible, which are likely due to the subject swallowing. This problem is aggravated by the use of the mouthpiece, as it encourages saliva build-up.
Figure 5 shows the tracking data from the first minute of the second scan in the 7 T experiment (Fig. 4B). Tracking data show cardiac-related head motion, most prominently in the head-feet direction. This effect is apparent in all data collected using the system, regardless of the marker fixation method used (see further examples in Figs. S2 and S3). Breathing motion is also often apparent.
Several other groups have successfully applied prospective motion correction using an external tracking system (e.g., [4], [5], [7]). The work reported here extends these previous studies by greatly increasing the precision and accuracy of tracking data and applying prospective correction during MRI of normal subjects to correct for tiny involuntary movements. The MR-compatible tracking system developed in this work builds on several previous designs, including an off-the-shelf non-MR-compatible stereo camera system [3] and an 'out-of-bore' single-camera MPT system [12], [13]. These were useful for proof-of-concept studies, but required an unobstructed view into the magnet bore, making them impractical. Our initial in-bore designs (e.g., that reported in [14]) were not sufficiently MR compatible. The work reported here avoids all problems encountered in these earlier designs.
When the CLU is installed in a new scanner, an initial scanner-camera cross-calibration procedure must be performed. This typically takes 1–2 hours, including the time required to mount the camera on the inside of the scanner bore. We are currently testing several faster methods for calibration, but these were not used in the experiments described in this work. Regardless of the calibration method used, the procedure does not need to be repeated unless the camera is moved, since no special recalibration is required when changing subjects. It is therefore of great benefit if the CLU can be left inside the scanner permanently. To facilitate this, the size of the unit should be as small as possible. The current CLU dimensions are 7×7×17 cm; however, there is significant potential for size reduction. In particular, the charge pump circuitry takes up a large portion of the CLU volume and could be miniaturized.
The MR compatibility of the CLU was verified on 1.5 T, 3 T and 7 T systems. In all cases, the CLU was unaffected by the magnetic fields of the scanner. RF testing was performed at all field strengths, since the receive frequency of the scanner is proportional to the field strength and thus RF interference could occur on one system but not on others. In no case were problems observed, which indicates that the 40 m copper shielding is effective. Field distortions were measured at 3 T. After reshimming, the field homogeneity is acceptable for imaging. Further improvements could be achieved by reducing the size of the CLU, since this would reduce the amount of field-distorting material present.
The precision of tracking data during simultaneous MR imaging represents a one to two order of magnitude improvement over previously reported commercial or custom-built systems [3], [7], [12]. When testing an early version of the in-bore camera, we experienced problems with vibrations caused by eddy currents induced in the aluminum shielding used at that time. The much thinner copper shielding used here avoids this problem. The lack of RF interference indicates that the current copper shielding represents a good compromise between RF attenuation and avoiding eddy current-related vibrations. Earlier theoretical work [9] indicates that the level of precision obtained by the system is more than good enough for motion correction at imaging resolutions of better than 100 m. The latency (lag) time, estimated to be 39 ms at a frame rate of 80 Hz, is related to the buffering and processing of camera images and is an area of possible improvement. Given that the peak-to-peak displacement of 140 m shown for cardiac-related head motion (Fig. 5B) occurs in only 150 ms, applying coordinate updates with pose data that is 39 ms old means that a relevant portion of this motion remains uncorrected. If the latency cannot be reduced, a further option could be predictive filtering or correction of the residual motion in post-processing [15]. Nonetheless, the speed of the system presented here is an improvement over our previous work, where a 'data rejection and reacquisition' strategy was required, due to inadequate correction under rapid motion [13]. With the tracking system described here, this approach is no longer necessary, and was not used in this work.
In the experiments at 1.5 T, the correction of the large, deliberate motion is clearly the cause of the improvement in the images shown in Fig. 2B. It is unsurprising that no imaging quality improvement is seen in Fig. 2A, since the resolution is relatively low (1 mm) and therefore slight motion is not expected to cause noticeable degradation of image quality. At 3 T and 7 T, however, it is unclear which component of motion (cardiac, breathing or involuntary muscle relaxation) is most responsible for the improvement in image quality shown with correction. Determining this is an important area for future studies, which should also independently record cardiac and respiratory motion using other measures. Such a study should ideally also seek to provide statistical validation of the results on a large number of subjects. The artifacts prevented by prospective motion correction could also be simulated using retrospective motion correction or reproduced using the method mentioned in [16]. However, these methods would not take secondary effects such as motion-related B0 field changes into account, so validation with a large group of subjects will be essential.
Similarly, further work should be performed to determine the possible implications for research or clinical imaging resulting from the gains in image quality observed. The preliminary results suggest an improvement in effective image resolution (through reduction of motion-induced blurring) given identical nominal resolutions, particularly at very high resolution; however, quantifying the degree of improvement would be a useful first step. For standard clinical routine imaging, a reduction or even complete prevention of the need for repeat scans or examinations is expected, leading to a significant improvement in diagnostic quality, clinical workflow, patient compliance and cost savings.
Prospective motion correction compensates for the changing orientation of the encoding fields relative to the moving subject, but a number of secondary motion-induced effects remain uncorrected. Examples include B0 field distortions [17], [18] and corruption of Nyquist ghost correction in EPI [19]. These issues, and others, may result in residual artifacts in the case of large motion. However, the motion under consideration here is so small that these effects are likely to be less significant than errors caused by poor marker fixation. Although good results were obtained here with our well-trained volunteers, skin motion unrelated to motion of the head could potentially corrupt the tracking data, so alternative methods of attaching the marker need to be examined. Finally, it is important to note that we correct for only rigid-body motion in this study. Non-rigid brain pulsations, reported to reach about 100 m in displacement magnitude [20], are not corrected for.
To our knowledge, this is the first time that a ballistocardiogram has been produced in a full six DOF during simultaneous MR imaging. Motion of up to 140 m may be of increasing importance as field strengths and nominal resolutions increase. In addition, the method of ensemble averaging we use for determining the ballistocardiogram may slightly underestimate the peak-to-peak magnitude if the period is not constant. The observed BCG is consistent with ballistocardiography literature, such as Ref. [21]. Displacements in the head-feet direction are reportedly due to the ejection of blood from the heart. The result indicates potential for respiratory and cardiac gating based on motion tracking data. This could be of particular interest at high field (e.g., 7 T), where the ECG signal is highly distorted and gating is problematic. Signal quality after application of the bandpass filter is very high, and MPT data might provide a more robust means of gating than ECG at high fields [22]. It is also important to note that the peaks observed are related to, but not the same as, the QRS complex observed in ECG. Simultaneous head tracking and ECG recording would reveal more about this, including their relative timing.
In conclusion, we have developed an MR-compatible tracking system with precision on the order of 10 m during simultaneous MRI. This is far more precise than existing systems, thus opening up new applications. We have used the system to quantify head motion induced by the respiratory and cardiac cycles, as well as other movements, during MR imaging. Preliminary results with three subjects indicate substantial improvements in image quality, both for intentional and unintentional movements, when the MPT tracking data are used for prospective motion correction. Additionally, the tracking system may have other applications whenever accurate position tracking is required in the MRI environment.
All experiments on human volunteers were performed with the approval of the ethics committee of Albert Ludwigs University Freiburg, Germany (for 1.5 T and 3 T experiments) or the ethics committee of the Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Germany (for 7 T experiments). All subjects gave their written informed consent before the commencement of the study.
The camera was designed by the authors for accurate head tracking during simultaneous MR imaging. To provide high-quality images for photogrammetry, specifications include a frame rate of higher than 80 frames/s; a short exposure time (normally 50–100 s) to minimize motion blur; a global shutter to prevent distortion effects when imaging a moving object; and fixed and stable optics. Camera calibration is performed using bundle adjustment [23].
To ensure MR compatibility, the CLU enclosure was constructed from acetal and lined with 40 m copper shielding to prevent RF interference while minimizing eddy-current induced vibrations. The copper shield also serves as a heat spreader to ensure adequate surface area for conduction through the acetal enclosure. Images are transferred out of the scanner room using a fiber optic IEEE 1394b connection, rather than via copper cable, to improve MR compatibility. The CLU is powered using a single DC supply via coaxial cable, grounded to the Faraday cage of the scanner room. Charge pumps are used in the CLU to provide the required voltages. On-axis marker illumination is achieved through a half-silvered mirror, built into the CLU enclosure. The optics were designed so that the system can track a marker located anywhere between approx. 5 and 65 cm from the CLU. The optical components are mounted on a ceramic block, to ensure long term stability.
Since MPT tracking is independent of the MRI scanner, the tracking data must be transformed from the camera frame of reference into the scanner frame of reference. This is a trivial operation once the correct transformation matrix is known, but initially this is not the case. For the experiments described in this work, we applied the following method to compute the transformation. An MPT marker was fixed to a phantom and the phantom was imaged while tracking data from the camera were logged to file and averaged. This procedure was repeated 10-15 times, with small (e.g., 10°) rotations applied to the phantom between each scan. The difference between consecutive poses was computed using 3D image registration (for the MRI data) and straightforward quaternion operations (for the tracking data). The transformation between the two coordinate systems was then obtained using a least-squares optimization method, such that the measured pose difference data using the two methods became as consistent as possible (after transformation to the MRI coordinate system). In the 1.5 T and 3 T experiments, this transform was then optimized further by applying the procedure described in [3]. In this procedure, the phantom is rotated by 180° with prospective motion correction enabled between scans. The resulting phantom volumes are then approximately aligned, and any residual errors, as determined by image registration, are used to refine the transform. This procedure was not performed at 7 T, due to problems with performing the 180° rotations in long-bore scanner. This one-time calibration procedure per scanner generally takes 1–2 hours. No subject-specific calibration is necessary.
The MPT markers were originally described for robotic and kinesiological applications [10], [24]. Lithographic methods used to make integrated circuit masks have been used to miniaturize the markers for tracking within the space constraints of MRI.
RF testing was performed at 1.5 T, 3 T and 7 T. In each case, the CLU was installed in its usual location in the magnet bore. Data were recorded with the MR scanner by sweeping the entire frequency bandwidth, without applying any RF or gradient pulses. This was performed twice: once with the system powered off and with the external BNC cable disconnected; and once with the tracking system powered on and tracking. Field mapping was performed at 3 T on a 16 cm water phantom placed at the magnet isocenter. The effect of imaging on CLU vibrations was measured by recording tracking data from a stationary phantom during imaging with a gradient echo sequence. This will slightly overestimate the effect of vibrations (i.e., underestimate the precision), due to vibrations of the phantom itself.
Two identical CLU systems were used for prospective motion correction of head motion at two different sites and on three different Siemens MR systems: a 1.5 T Symphony, a 3 T Trio and a 7 T system. A different volunteer was scanned on each system. Volunteers were experienced at undergoing brain MRI and had previously demonstrated their ability to remain relatively motionless during imaging. They were instructed to stay as still as possible during the experiments. The tracking marker was fixed to the subject using one of two methods: directly to the forehead (1.5 T and 3 T experiments) or via a mouthpiece (7 T experiments). Tracking data were logged to file for later analysis. In all cases, the camera frame rate was set to 80 Hz; however, the average sampling rate of tracking data was closer to 79 Hz, since not all frames could be processed in real time (computation speed is currently the limiting factor for frame rate). All MR imaging sequences were product sequences modified by the authors to allow real-time update of the imaging volume during scan execution. All acquired MR data were used in image reconstruction (i.e., no data rejection and reacquisition strategy was employed).
At 1.5 T the subject was imaged using a 3D gradient echo sequence (TE: 4.05 ms, TR: 13 ms, flip angle: 15 deg., resolution: 1 mm×1 mm in-plane, 2 mm through-plane, acquisition time: 4 min. 40 s). Four scans were performed, initially with no deliberate motion and then with controlled motion every 30 s when instructed by the scanner operator. The motion performed consisted of alternating left-right rotations of about 8° (about the z-axis) with a corresponding shift of about 25 mm in the x-direction. The imaging volume of the two motion-corrected scans were 'locked' to the position of the imaging volume of the first scan, using functionality of the motion correction software developed by the authors. This allows motion-corrected images to be compared easily to non-corrected images, since the slices are then a good match.
The 3 T study was performed using a 2D turbo spin echo (TSE, [25]) sequence (TE: 87 ms, TR: 6500 ms, echo train length: 21, resolution: 0.3 mm×0.3 mm in-plane, 3 mm through-plane, acquisition time: 9 min. 45 s) and a 12-channel head coil. Two scans were performed: first without motion correction and then with motion correction. This order was deliberately chosen to avoid a positive bias for the correction, since, in our experience, subjects tend to move more towards the end of their examination.
The 7 T experiment was performed using a 3D MP-RAGE [26] sequence (TE: 2.69 ms, TR: 2500 ms, TI: 1050 ms, flip angle: 5 deg., resolution: 0.6 mm isotropic, acquisition time: 14 min. 3 s) and a 32-channel head coil. Again, two scans were performed: first without motion correction and then with motion correction. This experiment differed from the 1.5 T and 3 T experiments in that a mouthpiece was used to hold the MPT tracking marker. This was necessary to allow an unobstructed view of the marker, since the head coil used was fully enclosed.
The ballistocardiogram (BCG) waveforms are computed using the following procedure. All head tracking data acquired during simultaneous MR imaging data are resampled at a rate of 100 Hz using linear interpolation. This greatly simplifies further processing, since although the original frame times are precisely known, they are not necessarily evenly spaced in time (occasionally a frame is dropped if the image processing rate falls behind the camera frame rate). Peaks in the tracking data are then located in the z-component of the translation data. This is done applying a zero-phase bandpass filter to the data (passband: 0.6 Hz to 10 Hz, stopbands: below 0.5 Hz and above 12 Hz, stopband attenuation: 40 dB). Peak detection is then applied to the result. Peaks are then automatically discarded if their height is more than one standard deviation from the mean height or if the distance to either of their neighboring peaks is more than one standard deviation from the mean distance. The locations of all remaining peaks are then used to identify the location of the peaks in the original (unfiltered) data in all DOF. This approach is valid, due to the zero-phase nature of the bandpass filter. These repeating segments are averaged to form the final BCG (translation part shown in Fig. 5; ensemble average of 639 beats).
Gradient echo images obtained at 1.5 T, with an in-plane resolution of 1 mm×1 mm and a through-plane resolution of 2 mm. (A) Motion correction applied with no deliberate motion using MR imaging. (B) Motion correction when the subject performed deliberate rotations every 30 seconds during the scan when instructed by the scanner operator (motion range was approximately 8 degrees and 25 mm). At this resolution, motion correction produces a noticeable improvement only in the case of larger movements. (C) Motion plots corresponding to the two scans shown in (B) indicates that the motion performed was comparable between the two experiments.
Tracking data from (A) the 1.5 T and (B) the 3 T experiments. In these examples, the MPT marker was attached directly to the forehead of the subject; this differs from the results obtained at 7 T, and shown in Fig. 5, where a mouthpiece was used. With both marker attachment methods (and for all three scanners and subjects), the ballistocardiogram is visible in the z direction. In the examples shown here, respiratory motion is also clearly visible.
Ballistocardiograms computed using tracking data from (A) the 1.5 T and (B) the 3 T experiments (see Fig. 5 for results obtained at 7 T). In each case, the BCG appears most strongly as a shift along the head-feet direction.
The moving MPT marker. Translations and in-plane rotations are calculated using conventional computer vision techniques. Out-of-plane rotations are computed using moiré patterns, as seen in this video. This enables highly accurate six-degree-of-freedom pose information to be computed from a single planar marker.
All acquired slices from the experiment corresponding to the results shown in Fig. 4A (motion correction off). Although the images shown would be conventionally regarded as of very high quality, when compared to Video S3, the reduced clarity is obvious.
All acquired slices from the experiment corresponding to the results shown in Fig. 4B (motion correction on).
This work is part of the Imaging of Neuro disease Using High Field MR and Contrastophores project supported by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, grant 01EQ0605, and was also supported by the National Institutes of Health (BRP 1R01 DA021146 and K02-DA16991). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
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